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Modal Verb Meaning

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You must have a driver's licence in order to drive.

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

2.

Can Gerry speak French?

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

3.

Ryan couldn't come because he was ill.

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

4.

Jim should apologise to Terry. He was very rude.

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

5.

Will you be able to come to the party on Friday night?

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

6.

We may have to change our plans.

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

7.

I need to buy Dan a new book because I lost his.

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

8.

We might go to summer school in England this summer.

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

9.

You should see a dentist every six months.

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

10.

Do you have to do your homework now?

a)

advice

b)

obligation

c)

ability

d)

possibility

11.

Could you borrow your cell phone? Mine is dead.

a)

obligation

b)

permission

c)

ability

d)

possibility

12.

You mustn't drive over the speed limit.

a)

obligation

b)

prohibition

c)

absence of obligation

d)

possibility

13.

You shouldn't have said those things to Ann.

a)

obligation

b)

prohibition

c)

advice

d)

Criticism

14.

He can't be older than I am.

a)

possible deduction about the past

b)

prohibition

c)

certain deduction about the present

d)

criticism

15.

They may have arrived yet, but I don't know.

a)

possible deduction about the past

b)

possibility about the future

c)

certain deduction about the present

d)

permission

16.

You needn't worry. You'll do well in your exam.

a)

absence of obligation

b)

advice

c)

certain deduction about the present

d)

obligation